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CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — Police in Chambersburg have cited CSX Transportation 49 times this year for violation of a state blocked-crossing law, the local newspaper reports. The railroad is seeking to invalidate those citations on the grounds the law is not enforceable. The Chambersburg Public Opinion reports Chambersburg police began tracking issues at Orchard Drive in […]
RUTLAND, Vt. — Vermont Rail System continues to make progress in repairs to flood damage sustained by its lines earlier this month, company president Selden Houghton told a local news site on Wednesday. “Hopefully, by next week, we’ll be 100% put back together,” Houghton said in a phone interview with the VTDigger. Houghton detailed the […]
WASHINGTON — Amtrak has now brought 117 of its stations into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and made another 67 stations accessible under its ADA Act Stations Program, the passenger operator said Wednesday in an update on its accessibility efforts. Another 39 stations are scheduled for completion this year at a forecast cost […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific today lowered its volume outlook for the year as soft demand across its bulk, industrial, and premium business segments led to lower second quarter revenue and profits. As recently as June, UP expected its volume this year to exceed the level of industrial production, which at the time was forecast […]
MARSHALL, Texas — A wide variety of state and local officials, as well as current and former representatives of Amtrak and its host railroads, assembled last week to honor two people in large part responsible for keeping alive a proposed extension of Amtrak’s Crescent between Meridian, Miss., and Fort Worth, Texas. Retired Harrison County Judge […]
MELBOURNE, Fla. — Brightline testing at speeds up to 110 mph will move into the Melbourne area as soon as this Friday, July 28, as the passenger operator continues preparations to launch service between Orlando and South Florida later this summer. Testing will take place on approximately 41 miles of track and include a total […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National has lowered its outlook for the year in light of the slowing economy and the impact of Canadian wildfires, flooding, and the two-week port strike in British Columbia. CN, in reporting lower earnings on Tuesday, pushed its volume recovery expectations into next year instead of later this year. Second-quarter volume was […]
WASHINGTON — Sixteen tank cars, 15 of them carrying hazardous materials, derailed in the Montana Rail Link incident involving the Reed Point bridge collapse on June 24, the National Transportation Safety Board said in its preliminary report on the incident released on Monday. The NTSB’s investigation is only considering the performance of DOT-111 tank cars […]
OTTAWA, Ontario — Ottawa’s light rail Confederation Line will remain closed at least another week, city officials said Monday, and a long-term fix for the bearing problems that plague the system could take a year. The Ottawa Citizen reports that Renée Amilcar, Ottawa’s general manager of transit services, said service could gradually resume beginning July […]
CHESTERTON, Ind. — South Shore Line rail service between Michigan City and Gary, Ind., which has been replaced all or in part by buses since February 2022, should resume early in 2024, South Shore President Michael Noland said Monday. Noland, speaking to a meeting of the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District board, said the Double […]
HAVRE, Mont. — No injuries were reported Monday after one car of the eastbound Empire Builder derailed Monday afternoon near Havre, Mont. Amanda Frickel, Hill County coordinator for disaster and emergency services, told MTN News that the next-to-last car derailed but remained upright, confirming what appeared to be the case, based on an image posted […]
TORONTO — Five people were sent to the hospital with injuries Monday evening after a Toronto Transit Commission subway car separated from the rest of its train and derailed, the CBC reports. None of the injuries were critical, according to Toronto Fire Services. The accident was reported about 7:30 p.m. on TTC’s Scarborough Line near […]
